CDIA Data Brief Neopian Hulls, Structures, and Technological Capabilities

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CDIA Data Brief 6.4.125
Data Compiled From Observations of Eugales VI Orbital Ring Project, During Eugales system Siege by DERAIL and SARO Red Troop Units, and Other New Eden Cluster UNF Projects Readily Surveilable, Other Hull Types May Be Active In Anoikis, or In Less Visible Locations in New Eden

Transport Type Vessel B31-UG4 ‘Beluga’ - Presumed Blockade Runner Equivalent
The Beluga class seems to be a mid-life retrofit of an older Hauler type vessel that, as far as observations have ascertained has been in service for multiple decades, the previous classification ‘Coelacanth’ was observed for some years during early stages of the Eugales project ferrying personnel and materials before being upgraded significantly to a high capacity Blockade Runner equivalent standard.

The Beluga’s defensive systems seem to favor strong, lightweight superstructure and heavy shielding over armor(a trait shared with other observed Neopian hulls).

Advanced Relay modules in conjunction with External Clamps seem to indicate that the Beluga was refit and upgraded for long range support of Warclone Pilots in remote and hostile territory in mind, and implies perhaps a similar function for Warclone Infantry.

Destroyer Type Vessel N1GT-J4R ‘Nightjar’ - Presumed Command Destroyer Equivalent
The Nightjar as currently observed seems to be a brand new Command Destroyer equivalent hull type being rapidly adopted by Neopian affiliated defensive squadrons to great effect, with a primary weapons system built around secondary craft supported by long ranged rockets, it seems to generally be a drone platform with exceptional speed and durability, coupled with the use of MicroJump Field Generators and Command Burst Support.

Like the Beluga, it seems to be built with Warclone support in mind, a disturbing trend in current Neopian designs

The increased cost as compared to more traditional destroyer designs does not currently seem to be a significant strain on Neopian resources, however it is expected that a stripped down Tech 1 equivalent variant may eventually be deployed as supplement. Concerning parallels to Magus and Pontifex command and control systems have been noted in operation.

Cruiser Type Vessel Z1P-R4 ‘Zipray’ - Presumed Tech 1 Line Combat Cruiser Equivalent
The Zipray, like the Beluga, seems to be a midlife refit of an older Neopian design, and is currently the only Tech 1 Equivalent in observed steady operation, though perhaps better described in the ‘factional’ range due to certain quirks of design philosophy regarding support capabilities. The Zipray seems to be intended for heavy secondary craft support in close range operations with missile based secondary weaponry as supplement, to that end it is a relatively fast cruiser type vessel with a reinforced superstructure and heavy shielding as currently seems typical of Neopian design philosophy, with a robust launch hangar and recovery facilities for its size.

It seems intended for use with a bias toward personal shield boosting, with secondary subsystems for limited remote shield transfer likely intended to extend longevity of support craft.

As with previously noted Neopian designs it seems intended to work in support of Warclone entities such as Clone Pilots and Clone Infantry.

Intermediate Support Type Vessel R3M-0R ‘Remora’ - Presumed Industrial Command Equivalent
Despite the tentative equivalent classification of Industrial Command Ship, the Remora is an Intermediate Support Vessel with a heavy bias toward operational support, and only limited as yet observed industrial support capabilities.

Somewhere between the mass of ORE’s Orca class(the only other entity currently operating and supporting Intermediate Support Hull designs on a widescale aside from the edencom Fortification subvariant) and the Bowhead class, the Remora currently operates as the Neopian answer to logistics and command vessels, with a heavy reliance on support craft, and acting as a mobile repair and re-armament platform with significant fleet hangar and ship maintenance bay capacities for its size, and a robust launch and recovery system for assorted sizes of small support craft. The Remora represents a strange mix of ideas and capabilities for relatively low cost at the pseudocapital scale, and likely is the upper end of Neopian hull design capability at this time though this may change quickly as they continue to aggressively co-opt technologies from the cluster.

The Remora has been observed to have significant in situ macrofacturing capabilities for support equipment and clone blanks for warclone and baseline combat entities, implying a general inclination for this refit to support protracted ground combat operations.

Additional Notes: Neopian elements seem largely content to fill gaps left in their primary line of vessels with various hulls from the Four Empires, Pirate Factions, and Independents of the contemporary cluster, however as they continue to refit their older designs it may be reasonable to presume the number of widescale in-use hulls will climb.

Post Script: The continuing Neopian non-signatory status and lack of adherence to AG12 may represent a potential threat to stability as their cultural moors related to technological advancement are somewhat divorced from those of the contemporary cluster, but the remoteness of their home systems, and continuing entrenchment in their contemporary cluster localized enclaves represents a difficulty in actually remedying this… situation. Further, their relative openness to diplomacy and negotiation, in conjunction with aggressive use of media coverage to expose and press against aggressive suppression presents a difficulty for CONCORD forces to openly remove them(see Eugales Incident documentations for further details).

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CDIA Data Brief 7.20.125
Data Compiled From Ongoing Observations and Most Recent Eugales Raid Activities by SARO, DERAIL, Algintal Core, and Kirkinen Risk Control, Continuing Capabilities and Actions Notated for the Record Prior To Forced Exfiltration Under Guard Of Gallente Federal Navy and Intelligence Assets

PREFACE: Efforts to Leverage Contacts in Federal Intelligence Office Special Department of Internal Investigations For Additional Data Has Proven Difficult. Current Set of Contacts Recalcitrant. Vunerability Exploit Exposed By Neopian Warmind Glitter Edifice in Gallente Orbital Interdiction Satellite Softwares Noted For Future Usage Where Necessary, Though Expect Closure of Exploit Very Quickly

Technological Overview: Hyperspatial Translocation Unit Referred To By Belligerent Entities as ‘Tidebreak Device’
The so called Tidebreak Device, as far as we can tell, is an extensive network of nodes, transponders, and assorted multivalent systems based on ancient precursor technological insights using Yan Jung Hyperspatial Field and Gravitronic Theory, Triglavian Materials and Insights(likely adjacent derivative of Filament and Caster technologies), and disturbing parallels to extant CONCORD ‘Harpoon’ class systems used for extraction of high value targets. Additional technological basis seems to center firmly on older Warclone Drop Uplink transponder networks, taking the insights that the hostile Warmind class restricted AI Glitter Edifice, and Rose Eagle have gathered, and aggressively re-engineered into a cohesive network of advanced translocation capabilities that seem to be a standard addition to Neopian vessels and facilities, tuned as an Emergency Recall and Redeployment system.

At the time of this writing the exact mechanisms of translocation are not completely understood, as the mass energy displacement signatures from a ‘Tidebreak event’ are quite different from Filament, Jump Drive, Gate, Uplink Wormhole, or Warp Drive. Additionally, spatiotemporal affects during, and immediately following Tidebreak usage are noted as significant. The closest approximate being the ill-studied and largely poorly defined ‘Dead Storm’ phenomena of the Detorid outer region. The implications of this are not lost on the department, and resources are requested to be diverted to the region to study, and search for technology examples that may be of similar capability.

It is currently believed that Tidebreak, as it exists, has a functionally unlimited range, like the Stellar Shipcasters that all four Empires have since constructed despite protests from CONCORD and the SoCT. Current at distance observations of tidebreak events suggest even orbital and planetary infrastructure may be possible to translocate enmass, though at the potential cost of local space time conditions at send and receive locations for extended time frames See Record MHC-R3 7.2 ongoing observations for additional details.

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CDIA Databrief 5.5.127
Data Compiled From Ongoing Observations Post Tidebreak Translocation To MHC-R3 System By Neopian Assets And Materials And Sympathizers, Observations Ongoing Since YC125 By DED Covert Assets And DERAIL Forward Observation Teams

PREFACE: Since The End Of Neopian Residency In Eugales And Subsequent Shift To MHC-R3, And Widescale Entrenchment And Infrastructure Expansions Outside Of Normal Jurisdictional Grasps, As Well As The Tenacity Of Previous Yet More Limited Defenses, Future Direct Siege Confrontation Attempts Are Ill-advised And Should Be Avoided. As The Sub-Department Underwriter For These Briefs Has No Department Level Policy Control, Consider The Above As Recommendation And Not Broad Advisement

Megastructure Advancements And Defensive Outlook
As of Mid-YC125, The United Neopian Federation has Invested Significant Sums of ISK and materials into MHC-R3, representing a mass acceleration of development of fortified megastructures first conceptualized and broadly seen during the Eugales Conflict Sieges.

Many the structures that managed to survive the Eugales era have been reinforced and expanded significantly, including, but not limited to, Planetary Orbital Ring Network Systems, Moon Orbital Ring Systems, Planetary Habitats, Deep Material Mining Systems, Shipyard Facilities, and Research Centers. Included In this Brief will be a short list of particularly notable megastructures.

MHC-R3 III(Lan-Korat) Ring Frame And Manufacturing Centers - A Partial Orbital Ring in Orbit of Planet III in MHC-R3. The Planet III Ring Frame is potentially the most vulnerable point in the MHC-R3 Megaproject but it’s destruction would pose a significant ecological damage risk to the temperate planet below and could be spun against any departments participating in such an action even more than previous actions. The Ring Frame has significant Hyperprint Manufacturing Facilities capable of domestic good and starship grade production and seems to largely be administrated by Outside Contractors such as Taayusaka Eskeitan and Others. The presence of these Outside Contractors poses additional threat liability for potential removal attempts.

MHC-R3 IV Magmatic Refinery Complex - Not a Singular Surface Structure and instead a massive network of surface and subsurface megaboring, collection, and reprocessing plants across the volcanic world, the Magmatic Refiner Complex is a largely automated affair seeming to be administrated by the Belligerent and Illegal Unrestricted Warmind ‘Rose Eagle’ with limited oversight from human and human-derivative workers. The resultant output of refined metallics, transplutonics, silicates, and crystalline minerals seems to be one of many major material streams for the local system projects and seems likely part of how quickly the expansions have progressed. A similar complex seems to exist on MHC-R3 V.

MHC-R3 VI(Windflare) Orbital Ring Complex - While Planetary Orbital Rings are not unheard of in the cluster, the planet VI Orbital Ring in MHC-R3 represents a significant step beyond the more contemporary examples of surface to orbit interface infrastructure. While most contemporary examples are fairly minimalist, only incorporating as much material as is necessary to function, remain stable, and provide services to the steady stream of incoming and outgoing traffic, the immense and ‘complete’ structure fully administrated by the Neopians, Illegal Unrestricted AI, and their Outside Contractor Associates, this represents the most heavily fortified location in the local volume of MHC-R3. Technically impressive, much of the Ring remains unoccupied by biological life and maintained at minimal but survivable atmospheric pressures. The Ring in itself has been demonstrated to be able to produce supercapital equivalent vessels with a steady production of the so-called Gwennan class Corporate Warbarges favored by some groups within freelance and renegade warclone entities such as the Bosena Accords/Round Table Assembly who have ingratiated themselves with the Neopians and AI, as well as other smaller hulls and strikecraft in notable bulk. Further still the shield hardening, armor plate, weapons batteries, and more represent significant risk to potential engagements against the structure itself. Additional security service support from sympathetic groups such as Phoenix Naval Systems and others increases potential engagement risk and liability. The equivalent material value projection for the Orbital Ring in it’s current state is estimated to be on the order of 11 Trillion ISK if one were to purchase comparable materials of construction from currently active Capsuleer Markets such as Jita 4-4’s substantial capsuleer listings. While it’s destruction would be potentially crippling to Neopian activities in the Cluster, the cost to achieve such, even with enticing vigilante capsuleers with bounties to do so, is likely untenable.

The Planet VI Ring seems to house at least one Instance of the AVALON Warclone Construct and other Bosena Accords Round Table Assembly Accorded Neutral Territories.

Additional Considerations - Broadly, the Neopian presence in MHC-R3 presents a conundrum without an easy solution. Having already shown their resilience against two departments of CONCORD and hired mercenary support during Eugales, and a willingness to utilize significant precursor derived technologies for mass relocation when sufficiently threatened, the chances of successful eviction by CONCORD Departments is slim below the line of acceptability. Engagement Posture should be focused on disabling outgrowths beyond MHC-R3 and the Neopian Home Systems in Anoikis, and broad containment of technological sharing from Neopian Sources, the latter of which should be of lower priority to dealing with Outgrowth, as, to quote an old Vherokior saying, ‘That Nanka is Already Out of the Bottle’, the Departments may draw their own conclusions from the broad overviews and suppositions herein.

Post Script: See Observation Documents MHC-R3 YC126-YC127 for additional information about less significant megastructures and planetary developments, MHC-R3 Datalog BG-346 Spectrum for information about Unrestricted Warmind Capabilities, and Document Non-Organic Sapience Log MHC-R3 for a comprehensive but incomplete list of known Illegal Unrestricted AIs in the Employ of the Neopians and their Associates. Additionally see Gwennan Class Tear Down Log for a detailed technical report of the capabilities of the prototype Gwennan hull that was, unexpectedly, delivered willingly to SARO Red Troop Commander Oveg Drust from the planet VI slipyards.